NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER.

MISSIONARY

'

'OMARY*
BIBLE BOOK STORE

3/83, VISHNUPURI

ICANPUR 208002, INDIA

MARCH 1989
MAYBE

the next

Clinton, Ohio, where

to me.

time you receive

IN

MAY

HARTER THROBS,

Cousin Mary (Mrs. Charles Knopf) has

I will have reached "home" at

once again thrown open her home

There is imuch red tape to unravel before that can happen but the prospects are very

good. At the urging of Brother Lee Turner I am planning to go first to Lahore Pakistan for
several days. The Lord willing I will leave Mew Delhi at 3 a.m. on May 3rd and reach Akron
the same day at about 7:00 p.m.

My first weeksjin the U.S. have tentatively been planned as follows:

May

3" 15 ! . C1 inton, Ohio

May

16-2A.i..Celebrating sister's birthday

July 23....Chesterfield, Va.

May
June

27-28.J..Hampton, Iowa
Clinton. Ohio
3-10. J... Near Clinton,

August 6-11...Raleigh H.C.

August 1^-20. . Sv/artz Creek, Mich.

June

11 -1^.i..NACC, Louisville, Ky

Sept.

I had already Informed you of the demise of my friends

formerly of Wichita. You will see from the financial

2A-27..MC,Cincinnati,Ohio

Mr. and Mrs. Aden McTeer of Texas

report that we have received a very

generous portion|from their estate. This has gone to three churches to help them in the
their church buildings. The Swarupnagar church met in their uncompleted
buiIding for Chr stmas and New Year's but they have now returned to the building of the

construction of

Seventh Day Adventists while construction continues.

The Neeper, Mi iisouri,Church has been struggling for survival for many years but they have
faithful and generous in supporting many missionary enterprises. They
have supported us for more than 35 years during which time many of the old timers have gone
to a better place.
Shiloh Home

A new spark of life has entered their lives with the establishment oT' a

nea rby.

This has in turn sparked off

a project to

replace the lOO year old

church bui1ding with something more inviting.

We are very happy for them and for the hope
for the growth o the Lord's church in that area
In continuing l)ursuit of a B.D. degree, I am scheduled to take four examinations in April.
They are on "1 Corinthians," "Principles of Preaching and Teaching." "Modern Religious and
Secular Movementi
and "Indian Christian Theology.''
Next year when I am in the U.S., I
wi11 probably be working on Greek and "New Testament Survey."
I would like to return to
India early in 990 in plenty of time for next year's exams.
During January I spent two weeks at the Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, 27 hours south
of here, a nice place to go when chilly winds are blowing up here in north India.
For

Easter I have be^n invited to preach in the state of Bihar, 20 hours east of here.
The news of ou

now employed a

Indian Income Tax case is not very good. V/e lost the first round and have

^wyer who has appealed the case.

The Income Tax officer is a lady who

is

giving trouble to most of the Christian institutions in this part of India. In the meantime
we are making ad.jptations. We are now making many payments with dollar checks which are deposited in the
:counts of the recipients without going through our accounts. We have also
formed a second committee,
"The Kanpur Center, for Christian Studies," which will deal exclus i vely wi th B ble College students.

It would

also b^ good to make a separate entity of

the Bible Book l^ore but we haven't gotten that far yet.
In the last is sue of Harter Throbs I 'reported the continuing survival of old Ramadhar of
Hami rpur hut he ."iss. sj_nce departed. His son'iiD-^law- tcl d us that Ramadha-r had a"^oGd dea^h-'.'
Ramadhar once wa
my cook when I lived in Hamirpur.

Amarjeet conti lues to take a computer

course while working

for us in the book store. He

me places on the scooter after dark. Computerization is gradually advancing in India bri iging some relief to a long-suffering public at railway stations, banks and
other places.
I t: is also hoped that computerization will also lessen corruption (bribes)
also often takes

in certain offic e s .
Please send
ontribut ions
Miss Flor snce Douglas
n i l N. M ain St.

Joplin, Mp. 64801

to

Changes of address to
First Church of Christ

2545 W. Comet Rd.

Clinton, 0. 44216

CONTRIBUTIONS

Luci11e Meade

NOVEMBER! DECEMBER, 1988 drtd JANUARY 1989

$10.00

Sebring Church of Christ

Betty Deem

INDIANA, ILLINOIS and KENTUCKY

15.00
50.00
100.00

Stanley Vincent

$80.00

Osgood Mission Circle

Emily Aikins

Linden HomebuiIders
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED...

60.00
15-00
AOO.OO

It has been a long time since the contri

butors' 1ist overflowed into the second col

Smithville Christian Church

Burlington Missionary Society

200.00

Kenneth Eade
Lena Morrical

200.00

Lucilie Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Valbert

Flora Christian Church
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Omer
Mt. Carmel Christian Church
East Union Christian Church
MICHIGAN, MISSOURI and KANSAS
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Domke
Neeper Church
Mr.

and Mrs.

umn. It is almost like old times, or Home

coming Sunday at the chu/ch.
I see that
Uncle Ed" Ronda, a friend of my parents has
moved from Midland, Michigan, to Homer, Ark.

AO.00
109.00
50.00
50.00
60.00
25.00

Portland Singles S Doubles

EXPENDED FROM

11-12-88 to 2-8-89

Salary for three months

Audited Expenses

$825-00
3000.00

Swarupnagar Church Building

Govindnagar Church Building

100.00

179.Al

8000.00
2000.00

Juhi Church Property

22.15
50.00

Melvin Hank

1000.00

Student Scholarsh i ps

200.00

NEBRASKA. WASHINGTON and TEXAS

Vi rgi1 Marshal 1
Wapato Christian Church

1962.79
910.23

Preachers

Amarjeet Singh Salary

A93.33

Books

Helen Burford

100.00

National Missionary Convention

Victor Walter for help given

50.00
100.00

Clearance of Rash Account

Project of Mrs.Hoi 1 is Collins

316.70

Rent for six months

301.AO
2A.3B

$1 2,000.00

ARKANSAS and CALIFORNIA

"Uncle Ed" Ronda
Jerilee S. Nickerson

3A3.01

200.00

50.00

Estate of Aden McTeer

Help to sick
Transportation

50.00
300.00

CANADA and JAPAN

130.00

Mark G. Maxey

100.00

30.55
TOTAL EXPENDED

NEW YORK and PENNSYLVANIA

105.20

IA.30

Post Office

T.G. Rash for his Kanpur project

$19,A77-A9

SUMMARY

Margaret W. Dunne

Lucretia Nicholson

15-00
25.00
75-00
60.00
30.00

Ethel Beardsley

20.00

Dorothy Guay
Oak Grove Church of Christ
LaVerne Romesburg

Deficit on 11-11-88

$780.69
$18,960.12
18,179-A3
19,A77-A9
1 ,298.06

Contributed
Subtota1

Expended

Deficit on 2-0-39

NORTH CAROLINA and WEST VIRGINIA

As I have

Capital City Church

$97A.56
Hooverson Heights Church of Christ 300.00

said before,

this deficit does

not indicate any problem although it may re

flect some of our difficulty with the Indian

OHIO

income Tax Department.

Clinton First Church of Christ

Ruth F.

Handwerk

Stephen F. Handwerk
Mrs.

$tB,960.12

Doris Black

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Slough
Madgalene Bowen

Old Stone Missionary

Leona B. Blythe
Linden Church of Christ

1125-00
305-00
A60.00
25-00
AO.00
100.00
30.00
80.00
50.00
300.00

One of "^our" girls,

Jessie Francis,

recently married into a good family. V/e

nanced her education
and then put
through nursing training.
During these weeks before Easter I wtl

has

fi
ber

be

preaching in different homes all over Kanpur

My theme this year will be, "Following In
His Steps."

Con't.

(Please excuse the extra marks on our newsletter this month. We have been waiting for our
copy machine repair man for some time.)

HARTER THROBS

NON-PROFIT ORG
U.S.
POSTAGE

INDIA MISSIONARY MEWS

RALPH "BUD" HARTER
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST
25A5 W. COMET RD.

PAID

CLINTON,
OHIO
PERMIT 7

CLINTON,0. AA2I6

Of I

p. O.

^^27

ox i U ^

37 9 O ]

Illp2

BOX

CLINTON, OHIO

85

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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY

RUNNING

START

With the Lord's generous help 1 reached Clinton

on May 6th

and only the Lord's help got

me here because 1 had reached "the end of my tether" and was very near to cancelling out.
On my last day in India one of my papers was missing and there was nothing that anyone
could do about it; but here I am.
Steve Dunham of Tom's River, N.J., came up to N.Y.C. and took me down to their home for

two nights, then drove me over to Philadelphia. His wife Rhonda is the daughter of the
late Henry and Mildred Neumeister of Orrvllle, Ohio. The next night 1 stoped v-^ith Mr. and
Mrs- Wm. Eraser near Harrisburg and Hershey, Pa. At the moment 1 am at Clinton, Ohio but
I will soon be taking off for Michigan, Missouri and Iowa.
1 must be back in Clinton by
June 10th. My address is Box 85, Clinton, Ohio A^2I6; and Telephone No. 1-216-882-^401.
The Swarupnagar Kanpur Church met in their uncompleted building for Christmas and New
Year's, and now they are meeting there regularly since April 30th. More than 100 heard me

preach there just before I left for the U.S.A. I also baptized six young
19th. The building is far from finished but it already looks impressive.

people on March

I did not get to visit Pakistan due to visa problems and now I have another visa prob
lem that might necessitate my return to India in December. 1 would like to stay In the
U.S. until March and 1 am corresponding with the Indian Consulate about it. At Kulpahar,
Linda Stanton has been given an order to leave India without any reason given. The order is
under appeal. Linda has been a blessing to everyone and it will be a great loss to us
if she has to leave. The Indian Government does not allow new missionaries to take up
residence in India although visitors can come in for up to six months.

The exams this year went off very well

and 1 am hoping for

last year. 1 am now studying Greek for the 1990 exams.

My sister Phyllis will be celebrating her birthday in

paths will cross.

She and her husband are

better grades

Helsinki

than 1 got

so 1 don't know when our

part of a group that will be taking Bibles into

Russia.

Our Indian Income Tax case was not yet decided

extricated we will buy a

three-wheeled

vehicle,

but

it was

otherwise

looking
not.

In

hopeful.

If we get

the meantime we have

divided the 17 year old "Kalislya Sahayak Sanstha" into three organizations: The K.S.S.
will take care of benevolence; the "Kanpur Christian Book Sockety" will take care of

literature; while the

"Kanpur Center for

projects. Some payments will be made with

Christian

Studies" will take care of Bible study

dollar checks

without

qoinq

through

our rupee

accounts.

There are lots of helpers managing things during my absence. The forming of new commit
tees has itself brought in 14 additional helpers. Amarjeet Singh is taking care of the
book store while SanI is taking care of the house and scholarships.
My driving license usually exprles while I am out of the U.S. which causes complica
tions when I come back, and this time they have some new rules. Chuck Jeffries of Clinton
is in charge of getting me on the road.

Frankfort, Germany, is half-way between New Delhi and Mew York City. It takes 8 hours
from New York to Frankfort, and another 8 hours from Frankfort to New York. The stopover
in Frankfort should be at least two hours.
Confirmed speaking dates are:--

May 27, 28,

July 2,
July 17-21,
July 22,

Hampton , Iowa
Follansbee, W.Va.
Clinton, 0. (VBS)
Chesterfield, Va.

Please send contributions to:

Invitations

to:

Miss Florence Douglas

Ralph Harter

1111

Box 85
C1 inton, 0. 44216

N. Ma i n St.

Joplin, Mo. 64801

July 30

Embreeville, Tn.

Aug. 6-11,
Aug.12,13
Aug.14,20

Raleigh,N.Car.
Clinton, 0. (Homecoming)
Swartz Creek, Mich.DVBS

Sept.25,27

National Missionary
Convention

Changes of Address:
First Church of Christ

2545 W. Comet Rd.

C1inton , 0. 44216

CONTRIBUTIONS

FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL

jMi
INDIANA.

EXPENDED FROM 2-9-89 to 5" 10-89

$ 825.00
Building Projects
1600.00

Salary for three months

^fiUrch

ILLINOIS and KENTUCKY

Bible Book Store

Stan Vincent

$60.00

Harold Shellenberger

15.00

Lawpenee Balllet

30.00

Frank Reas
Mrs. Glen Morrical

50.00

20,00

Osgood Mission Circle

30.00
135.00
AO. 00

Flora First Christian

Mrs. Louise B. Rambo

36A.75
3A8.79

Bible College Students

Christian Housing Project

200.00

18.00

Transportation
Help to Poor
Office Requisites
Furlough Preparations

8.3A
17.A3
5. AO
32.57
Al .00

Church related donations

TOTAL SPENT

$3A61.28

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Liberty Sunday School, Mo.

Loretta Huntington, Iowa
Grace Conner, Colorado

100.00
100.00

Dr. Don Peel, Texas

100.00

Wapato Christian Church, Wash.

160.00

16A.00

SUMMARY

Deficit on 2-8-89

$1298.06
5A95.07
A197.01
3A61.28

Contri buted
Subtotal

Less Expended
Balance on 5-

-89

735.73

EAST AND SOUTHEAST

Oak Grove Church of Christ,

LaVerne Romesburg

Pa

Lucretia Nicholson

Hooverson Heights
Capital City Church, N.Car.
Embreevi11e, Tn.
Richard Zimmerman, Puerto Rico

75.00
60.00
30.00
260.00

1161.07
75.00
35.00

The Clinton Church has been setting aside

$25 a month for my furlough. This v/as not
only sufficient to bring me from India but
there is enough left over

Praise the Lord

to take me back.

for that!

We were having

banking troubles when I left Kanpur but a

totally unexpected gift of $100 from the

missionaries at Kulpahar saved the day and

OHIO

got me to

Clinton First Church

1125.00
25.00

Doris Black

Linden Homebuilders

100.00

Madgalene Bowen

60.00
80.00
286.00
539.00

Old Stone Missionary

Ruth Handwerk

Stephen Handwerk

Sebring Church

20.00

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

Linden Church
Branch Hill Church
Edward R. X^hamderlin
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

60.00
300.00
100.00
100. OTJ

New Delhi where my American

press Credit card

took

care of the

Ex
rest.

This gift from Clinton and its expenditure

are not shown in the financial report.

HAVE A
GOOD
DAY!

PUT CHRIST FFRST

$5A95.07

HARTER THROBS

NON-PROFIT ORG,

India Missionary News

Ralph "Bud" Harter

U.S.

First Church of Christ

CLINTON,

25A5 W. Comet Rd.,

C1 inton, Ohio

AA216

POSTAGE
PAID

PERMit

OHIO

4lh^

NEWS OF RALPH 'BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY

BIBLE

BOOK STORE

3/83, VISHNUPURI

OTGUST,

KANPUR 208002,

INDIA

1989

PAGE

:SS DOUGLAS IS RETIRING

Florence Douglas has faithfully and

sacrificially served as our forwarding

agent for thirty-five years.
has now moved from Ozark

As she

Bible

lege into a retirement home,

Col

it does

not seem proper to burden her further

with this work.

Although final de
tails have yet to be worked out, this
responsibility falls to the Clinton
Church.
You may send your contribu
tions to:
13876 Bluffton St.

NW

made

out

to

First Church of Christ,

in

with

the

Clinton

"India

lower left

Words fail in trying to express our

gratitude for all that Florence Doua-

las has done though the years as she

spent both time and money on our be

half. I am sure that all of you join

me in wishing her a happy retirement.
The Lord willing in all

things,

will leave Seattle for India on Tues

5- 11, Raleigh, N.

Carolina

, Clinton Homecoming

13
15 -20, Swartz Creek, Michigan
21 -24, Ann-Arbor, Michigan
27 , East Union, Kentucky

Sept.

3 , Mt.

Carmel, Kentucky

10 -11, Sebring, Ohio

15
24 , Portland, Indiana
25 -27, Nat'l Missionary

Conv.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Oct. 1, Oak Grove, Pennsylvania

5-6, Fort Wayne, Indiana
7-8, Garrett, Indiana
15, Branch Hill near Cinci.
22, Osgood, Indiana
29,

We join with

in

lamenting

thousands of

the

death

AVAILABLE

5,
AVAILABLE
12, AVAILABLE

19, Clinton, Ohio

23, Thanksgiving in Akron
25-26, Lubbock, Texas
27, Amarillo, Texas
28, Denver, Colorado
29, Boise, Idaho

30-Dec. 1, Portland, Oregon

Dec. 3, Wapato, Washington
4, Seattle, Washington
5, Hong Kong - Bombay

at a

hill

others

of Arthur

station in south

The news from Kanpur is mostly

good. Progress is continuing on the
church buildings. A successful DVBS
was held, and a Friday night prayer
meeting has

been

started.

At Kul-

pahar Miss Linda Stanton is being

allowed to stay for the time being.
There have been many enjoyable mo
ments during this furlough, from the

Atlantic to Kansas, from Michigan to

Tennessee.

I will long remember the

flowering crab of Ann Arbor, the

laurel of Pennsylvania, the histori
cal sites of Bethany, W.Va., and the
North American Christian Convention;
and more to come.
This is the first
furlough that I
was not invited to
any camp but three weeks of D.V.B.S.

helped to

make up for that.

It is

not easy to teach three-year-olds

about missions.
I failed a driving

test and have so far been

-17, Linden, Columbus, Ohio

Nov.

In the meantime my

itinerary looks something like this:

Aug.

or with cousin Mary at (216)882-4401

India.

hand corner.

day December 5th.

29

5,12

Anyone interested may either write

to me at Box 85, Clinton, Ohio 44216

course

Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614

Mission" written

Oct.

Nov.

Morris,
i am recalling happy days
when we both puttered around a golf

Ken Downs

Checks may be

There are three Sundays which have

not yet been promised:

unable to

retake i t .

"Mary Muppet" now has a sister,

"Phyllis".
She is the gift of my
sister Phyllis of Sevierville, Tenn.
My plane

has been

ticket from and to India

purchased

by

the Clinton

Church.

You will want to meet our new for

warding agent. Ken Downs.
Ken and

his wife, Mary have

both been known

to me since their childhood.

They
have^ two children ages 10 and 14.

Ken is 38 years

old, tall, handsome

and an Elder in the

He is a

nephew

of

Clinton Church.

Shirley Toledo,

formerly a missionary in the Philip

pines, and Kenjs mother (Shirley's

sister) was Shirley's forwarding ag
ent.
It is my hope that Ken
(continued on page 2)

will

CONTRIBUTIONS

(continued from page 1)

survive me by many years and will be

MAY AND JUNE, 1989

able to help with the Kanpur

when I am no longer operating.

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, and IOWA

Harold Shellenbarger

$15.00

Stan Vincent

40.00
45.00
30.00
15.00

Larry Balliet
Osgood Circle
Flora First Christian
Hampton Church

450.00
50.00
TEXAS
137.00
70.00
15.00
120.00
50.00
30.00

Cleo Blake

MISSOURI, KANSAS, WASHINGTON,

Liberty Church
Neeper Church
Melvin Hank

Wapato Church
Dr. D.F. Peel
Mrs. M.F. Burford

NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA

Indian government will not allow any

new missionary to replace me

Capital City Church, Raleigh

PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA

Oak Grove Church of Christ

350.00
710,97

but

work will

possible with a

still be

combination of

American money-power.

be

able to

three

LaVerne Romesburg
George Romesburg
Hooverson Heights Church

160.00

OHIO

Clinton Church
Stephen Handwerk
Ruth Handwerk

Blandensburg Loyal Daughters

Sebring Church
Leona Blythe
Branch Hill Church
Mrs. Warner Steiner
Frances Nickerson

860.00
305.00
198.00
60.00
30.00
100.00

200.00
50. 00
25.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED $4305^97

EXPENDED FROM 5-10-89 to 7-21-89

S^isry fcr two months

Travel in U.S.A.

550.00
819.39

missionary

Indian man-power and

visit

Tourists will

India

months at a time and

for up to

thus be

able to carry on some observation of

the work being accomplished.
A NOTE FROM THE NEW FORWARDING AGENT
with

mixed

emo

tions as I embark upon this new road

that the Lord has placed before me.

As you may imagine,

50.00
40.00
100.00

when I

am no longer there,

1 am struggling

Rhonda Dunham

work
The

the prospect of

being the replacement (as if she can

be replaced)

of Florence Douglas in

this work is cause for much fear and

feelings of inadequacy.
However, I
also am excited about the thought
that God sees me worthy enough to be
used in this way.
As I now work to establish a meth

od of record-keeping

and reporting,

I ask for your prayers and

patience

as receipts may be delayed as files,

records and bank accounts are

transferred from Joplin.
Mary and I are looking

being

forward to

jjany years of working together

with

Bud and all of you in continuing the

32.'3'5

work the Lord would have us to do in

Govindnagar Church Building 2000.00

Student Scholarship
300.00
Watch for Samuel (blind man) 55.64

work in India and may He also give

Miss Dou(^las many years of health

Postage and Telephone (USA)

Kanpur Book Store

Salaries (in India)

TOTAL EXPENDED

1255.24
995.00

India.

May the Lord continue to bless the

and happiness.

$6007.62

Yours in Christ,
Ken

SUMMARY

Balance on 5-10-89

735.73

Contributions

Total Receipts
Less Expended
Deficit on 7-21-89

6007.62
965.92

_ Again let me repeat that a

in my accounts does not
hardship.

Contributions may please be sent to:

4305.00
5041.70

deficit

indicate anv

Ken Downs

^ 13876 Bluffton St. NW

" Canal Fulton, OH

44614

Many thanks to Mabel Jeffries for

publishing this newsletter for many

years.

I will relieve her of

that

burden beginning with this issue.

K.D.

HARTER THROBS

INDIA MISSIONARY NEWS

RALPH "BUD" HARTER

NON-PROFIT ORG
U.S.
POSTAGE

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 W.

PAID

COMET RD.

CLINTON, OH

CLINTON,

44216

OHIO

PERMIT 7

Horizons
H-0. Box

?427

KnoKvilie, Tennes see

37901

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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY
BIBLE BOOK STORE

3/83, VISHNUPURI

KANPUR 208002,

INDIA

INDIA VISA TW HAMn

the actual
JhS

2
Ol^jection to Return" endorsement,
more or less automatic. Nevertheless I was uneasy until

ure from vavim

willing, I will make my Lpart-

Airlf^oS ?=
apore.

birthday. December 4th.

Singapore

T
V, ?? reach
New Delhi about
from San
New Delhi via SingI should
noon Francisco
EST on theto 6th.

The last of my 1989 tour will be as follows;

OCT.

5,6: Ft. Wayne, IN

NOV.

8: Garrett, IN

Akron, OH
26: Lubbock, TX

15: Branch Hill, OH

22: Osgood, IN

27: Amarillo, TX

29: Sebring, OH

NOV.

23: Thanksgiving

28: Denver, CO

29: Boise, ID

5: Newark, OH
12: Near Cleve, OH
19: Clinton, OH

3 0: Port1and, OR

DEC.

3: Wapato, WA

exactly what the Lord has in mind but I exnect

hViic!
J been
entering
my furlough
final termandof last
missionary
India and This
that
IS has
my last
tour of service
Americaninchurches

o?anl wifT'Sevfcmi?
l^^^whl^I wufbe'Vl^'Jears
cmpleted 50 years in India. During the next seven years

we wtnt tol

1.
2.

Complete church building construction.

Push Bible College level instruction in
the Kanpur area.

3.

Stabelize the book store so that it can

operate without me.

4.

Establish direct connections between our

Kanpur leaders and the American churches

who have been supporting us, and the

Clinton, OH chuurch in particular.

5.
eifa-mci

Finish my B.D. studies (by 1992 or 1993).

t * ^ slight set back because I failed one of my

much higher explctitionsf''^

disappointment because I had

wan-h to write to her at her^^^P'ting

to her retirement,
want
new address:

Some of you might

Florence Douglas
201 Northpark Lane

Spring River Christian Village

Joplin, MO

64801

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JULY, AUGUST, SEPT 1989

The appeal on our Indian In

come Tax is still pending. Our law

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, IOWA

Flora First Christian

will be in our favor but we are not

all that sure about i t .
There is a

CONTRIBUTIONS

yer assures us that the decision

$145.00

Robert Walker

100.00

First Church, Garrett

First Church, Portland
Singles & Dbls, Portland

75.00
225.00
102.00

Osgood Circle

60.00

Howard Bond

10.00

Burlington Miss. Soc.

225.00
MISSOURI, WASHINGTON, TEXAS, MICHIGAN
Ca1vary Church
824.01

Liberty Sunday School

80.00

Wapato Church
D.F.

120.00

Peel

50.00

NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY

Dorothy Gray
20.00
Capital City Church
1412.87
E. Union Church
E. Union Bible School
Ralph B. Clary
William Hester
Margaret Dunn

85.00
100.00

100.00
15.00
20.00

PENN., TENN., VIRGINIA, W. VIRGINIA

Oak Grove Church

75.00
100.00
60.00
30.00
417.77
75.00
300.00
405.00

George Romesburg

Iia Verne Romesburg

L.A. Nicholson
Elmbreeville Church

K/M David Barber

^ri-City

Church

Hooverson Hts.

Church

OHIO

Clinton Church

Homebuilders, Columbus

775.10
60.00
100.00

Ruth F. Handwerk
Stephen F. Handwerk

286.00
500.00

Linden Church

600.00

Sherman Church

Loyal Daughters Class

60.00

Richard -2-itmterman

100.00'

Jean Baxendale
Nathan Black
Edward Chamberlin

10.00
25.00
100.00

Bladensburg Church

157.51

Mrs. Warren Steiner

100.00

R. Harter (personal acct)

clash between our lawyer and our

auditor and the auditor will probab

ly be changed.
Letters from Kanpur tell me

that the Swarupnagar Church has be

gun mid-week services.

dia but some kind of conversion of

it will haye to be made before even

$8160.26

$170.00 a month.

A sad item from Kanpur was the

death of one of our Priscillas, Mrs,
I. Das of the Govindnagar congrega
tion.
We are all a bit devastated
by it.

Deepak Lai is a very promising

young preacher whom we have been

giving some help.

11.41
868.74

Vehicles (India)
Scholarship (India)

600.00
120.00

H.L, Khoji, Ashram

2000.00

Kalisya Sahayak Sanstha

Building Fund, Kanpur

1500.00
2000.00

TOTAL EXPENSES

He was hoping to

study for a B.D. degree but he fail

ed the entrance exam.

This discour

aged him and he went into secular

employment for ten days (and ten
sleepless nights) until his con
science forced him back into the
ministry. At this time he is in

Bangalore which is considered to be

India's finest city.
from Madras)

(Not too far

At the time of writing this

newsletter, there are still some

dates available mid-weeks, but no

Sundays. ' Available week dates are;

OCT 24-27
OCT 31 - NOV 2
NOV 7-10

I
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NOV 14 21

17

NOV

People often ask what changes

I have noticed in the US since 1981:

$ 260.42

Bank Fees
Travel Expenses U.S.

The Clinton Church is work

ing on the problem.

Soon I will begin to receive
Social Security payments of about

EXPENSES 7-21-89 to 9-30-89

Postage & Acctg. Supplies

can see i t on an American video

player.

55.00

TOTAL RECEIVED

Also more

chairs have been purchased.

A video tape has come from In

1. Much attention to choresterol

2. Bus stations are cleaner and

better guarded, (busy)

3. Many big towns no longer have
bus service, (expensive)
4. Many "Help Wanted" signs.

5. Many big stores have merged or

disappeared.
6. Wide variety in seat belts.
Cars are very expensive.

$2000.00

BALANCE FOR PERIOD

$ 799.69

Hii.RTER THROBS

INDIA MISSIONARY NEWS

RALPH "BUD" HARTER
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST
2545 W. COMET RD.

CLINTON, OH

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